/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014. Jordan Williams
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.jordanwilliams.heftydb.util;


import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * A generic serializer that writes objects to ByteBuffers.
 * @param <V>
 */
public interface Serializer<V> {

    public int size(V item);

    public void serialize(V item, ByteBuffer buffer);

    public V deserialize(ByteBuffer buffer);

}
